Due to 'deficiencies in infection control' more than 3,000 patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis in New Jersey surgery center

The New Jersey Department of Health says more than 3,000 patients at a surgery center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

Officials say patients who had procedures done at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook between January 2018 and Sept. 7, 2018 may have been exposed.

The center was closed by the Department of Health from September 7 to September 28, according to NorthJersey.com.

Surgery center administrator Betty McCabe says the exposure was due to 'deficiencies in infection control' involving the cleaning of instruments and injection of medications.

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